Biography

Graduate Whitewater High School; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1978; M.S. Ed. in School Business Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1990.

Owner, rental property business. Former payroll benefits analyst and information analyst/negotiator. Member of Wisconsin Air National Guard (retired, CMSgt, 33 years of service), served in Middle East in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Member: American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Former member: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Board of Visitors, 1979—89.

Whitewater City Council, 1977—81.

Elected to Assembly 1990—2014. Elected to Senate 2014.

Member of Midwestern Higher Education Commission and Military and State Relations, Council on

12/19/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 624Relating to: prohibiting an assessor from changing the valuation of property based solely on a recent sale of the property. (FE)

12/19/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 626Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, requirements for registering motor vehicles, operating a vehicle without an operator's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

12/19/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 634Relating to: the exception to the requirement to give notice of a termination of parental rights proceeding to an alleged father based on sexual assault.

6/7/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 279Relating to: requiring the state auditor to appoint an inspector general to investigate Department of Transportation programs and activities and making an appropriation. (FE)

5/30/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 248Relating to: term and repayment for loans under the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program. (FE)

2019 Co-authored Proposals

2/18/2020: 2019 Senate Bill 822Relating to: possession of a firearm in a place of worship by a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon.

2/14/2020: 2019 Senate Bill 820Relating to: examination of building plans for public buildings, public structures, and places of employment; examination of plumbings plans; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

1/8/2020: 2019 Senate Bill 669Relating to: an exception to federal hours of service requirements and modifying an administrative rule related to the exception. (FE)

12/6/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 606Relating to: allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector.

12/6/2019: 2019 Senate Joint Resolution 79Relating to: recognizing The American Legion's ongoing commitment to service to veterans, families, the nation, the state, and their communities and commending the Legion on the occasion of its century of service.

11/22/2019: 2019 Senate Joint Resolution 75Relating to: renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree.

11/15/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 560Relating to: changes to a tax incremental district joint review board's voting requirements, requiring that a tax incremental district's project plan include alternative economic projections, and limiting the amount of cash grants a city or village may provide to a developer. (FE)

11/8/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 556Relating to: funding for service award payments and making an appropriation. (FE)

11/1/2019: 2019 Senate Joint Resolution 72Relating to: expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual beliefs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in the People's Republic of China.

10/4/2019: 2019 Senate Joint Resolution 69Relating to: recognizing the contributions of the 115th Fighter Wing and showing support for basing F-35As at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin.

5/30/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 246Relating to: the requirement for stating name and address prior to voting.

5/24/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 239Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE)

4/24/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 185Relating to: battery or threat to a probation, extended supervision, and parole agent; a community supervision agent; or an aftercare agent or a family member of the agent and providing a penalty.

3/28/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 142Relating to: late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)

3/20/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 125Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks and making an appropriation. (FE)

3/20/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 126Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain expenses incurred by a family caregiver to assist a qualified family member. (FE)

3/1/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 62Relating to: service of notice of claim against state officer, employee, or agent.

3/1/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 67Relating to: lease terms and the imposition of sales and use taxes related to a local professional baseball park district. (FE)

3/1/2019: 2019 Senate Bill 69Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by certain members of the U.S. armed forces and sunsetting the armed forces member tax credit. (FE)

2019 Cosponsored Proposals

3/2/2020: 2019 Assembly Bill 985Relating to: possession of a firearm in a place of worship by a person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon.

2/28/2020: 2019 Assembly Bill 962Relating to: examination of building plans for public buildings, public structures, and places of employment; examination of plumbings plans; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

12/23/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 690Relating to: smuggling items into or out of prisons by inmates and providing a penalty.

12/23/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 691Relating to: prohibiting an assessor from changing the valuation of property based solely on a recent sale of the property. (FE)

12/23/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 696Relating to: penalties for violations related to the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement, proof of financial responsibility, requirements for registering motor vehicles, operating a vehicle without an operator's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)

12/5/2019: 2019 Assembly Joint Resolution 110Relating to: recognizing The American Legion's ongoing commitment to service to veterans, families, the nation, the state, and their communities and commending the Legion on the occasion of its century of service.

12/5/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 667Relating to: allowing a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector.

11/21/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 623Relating to: changes to a tax incremental district joint review board's voting requirements, requiring that a tax incremental district's project plan include alternative economic projections, and limiting the amount of cash grants a city or village may provide to a developer. (FE)

11/5/2019: 2019 Assembly Joint Resolution 101Relating to: recognizing the Jaycees' ongoing commitment to community involvement and commending the organization upon its 100th anniversary of its founding.

11/5/2019: 2019 Assembly Joint Resolution 100Relating to: expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned, forced organ harvesting from nonconsenting prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their spiritual beliefs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups in the People's Republic of China.

6/7/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 280Relating to: requiring the state auditor to appoint an inspector general to investigate Department of Transportation programs and activities and making an appropriation. (FE)

5/23/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 234Relating to: limiting the authority of the state and political subdivisions to regulate certain wireless facilities and authorizing political subdivisions to impose setback requirements for certain mobile service support structures. (FE)

5/21/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 224Relating to: determining shared costs and the secondary cost ceiling for the purpose of general equalization aids for school districts. (FE)

5/21/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 223Relating to: supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts and making an appropriation. (FE)

3/25/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 133Relating to: creating an individual income tax exemption for military income received by certain members of the U.S. armed forces and sunsetting the armed forces member tax credit. (FE)

3/25/2019: 2019 Assembly Bill 134Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks and making an appropriation. (FE)